Love this Paige. Your wisdom helps me and so many other people. I sure hope He smiles and the "trying" part cause I sure do fail at the accomplishing part a lot!!!

While I do always want to better myself as a person...I do not get caught up in comparing myself to others I don't think I could blog if I did. God gives us all our gifts and our weaknesses for a reason. We are perfectly imperfectly designed. So I know I'll never be that perfect blend of Martha Stewart/sexy/playful Mom/interior designer/gourmet cook/brilliant writer/fashionista etc... I can be the best me God intended me to be though....if I lean on HIM to get me there.

Hope you are feeling GREAT today. I just finished my exercise and am sipping my strawberry smoothie:) You go girl!!!

You've just made my day! It's so lovely to hear that people feel the same way as I do sometimes and that there can be comforting and wise words to bring me out of a 'slump'. Your words have been VERY timely - exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you!!Paula x

What is it with us women, wanting to do all, be all and have it all?? Makes me crazy that I put that kind of pressure on myself!!! Thank you for the timely word and YOU CAN DO THiS! We all hit slumps. THankfully you recognized it and are conquering it - power to the she, sister!!

On of my absolute FAVE scriptures! I've been struggling with the same things lately. I've worked so hard since January & have lost 20 lbs. but I see one picture that's not so pretty and I get so discouraged...thinking..."I've worked so hard & I still look like THAT!" makes me wanna shove food in my face & avoid the gym all together...but I won't...I can't...it's not a life God has called me to. He's transforming me and I have to do my part! I can't give up. So...thanks for the encouragement...thanks for reminding me that God delights in my...He sings & dances for Joy over me!! Keep it up sweet friend! I believe in you :-)

Just wondering if you have had your thyroid checked? I feel silly asking a nurse that question, but it can be responsible for a lot of those same symptoms. Love the scriptures you have shared. One of my faces is the "lift you up on wings of eagles" verse.

have been feeling a bit similar lately - not exactly in the same ways as you but struggling to feel that I am enough. And realizing that we cannot be all things to ALL people! Its not possible, at least for me - I have to be ALL to Him and to me, then my kids after that, I don;t worry!

Oh and I should add - it is exhausting too - trying to be ALL things and I have found that when I settle into who I am and what I need to do - it feels SO much better - joy and peace surround me and exude from me!

eh perfect is so overrated! i was praying this morning and i said- God, you know this might be all I do right today, don't cha. LOL! I like to think He winked at me, with the- that's good enough. LOLLove ya sister friend. xo

I bet Dan doesn't look quite the same as when you first met, a few more grey hairs maybe, times of being slender and times of being a bit fluffy. Bet you have never cared one bit and have always found him handsome. THAT is how he loves you so. The way that you love him.

I really admire you (you want to lose weight and feel less sluggish, so you DO something about it and workout REALLY hard) but I am also a little worried about you. That sounds like an awful lot of working out, I think you can overdo it. Perhaps you just need to do different excercise than what you have done for years, I hear yoga is wonderful . . .thinking about taking it upmyself as I know 3 women who have transformed their bodies, and I do mean transformed, and they feel great.

Wow Paige! How did you know I needed to hear these words today! Well, everyday lately! He is working through you and I am so thankful for that! I think you look great! Wish we lived closer, I could use a good a workout buddy! He is smiling and so am I:)

Oh, Paige, this is one of your best posts ever. You touched on so many points. I just complete a blog series on body image and feeling worthy. I'm now more conscious of everyone's feelings of unworthiness now across Blogland... across real life.

I cling to the words of a man once emailed to my husband - "Never forget that your identity is only in what Christ secured for you on the cross."

Awwww... Beautiful!!!!I am sorry I missed your other post, I was here, trying to reach perfection (but not quite achieving it...)!!!I also read in a book recently, that if we are not well with ourselves it is because we are distant from God, as WE are part of HIM and HE loves as just the way we are. Sometimes things happen and we distance ourselves but like today you are closer to HIM and loving yourself more... Dan sounds like a great guy... Hugs

I havealways felt that I could never quite measure up to the vision of the perfect woman in my head. Lately, things have gotten increasingly more difficult and tonight has been especially hard. Thank you for these encouraging words. I needed them. Ruth